“Valentine’s Week Promotion – Daily Sweepstakes”
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE AN ENTRANT’S CHANCES OF
WINNING. ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL U.S. LAWS APPLY. VOID WHERE
PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. AFFIDAVIT OF ELIGIBILITY / RELEASE OF LIABILITY /
PRIZE ACCEPTANCE FORM MAY BE REQUIRED.
BY ENTERING THESE SWEEPSTAKES, ENTRANT AGREES TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
1. SPONSOR: The Valentine’s Week promotion – Daily Sweepstakes (the “Promotion”) are
sponsored and administered by Altice USA News, Inc., doing business as Cheddar News
(“Sponsor”), with its principal place of business at 1 State Street, New York, NY 10004. The
Promotion consists of daily sweepstakes (a “Daily Sweepstakes”), each of which shall be
deemed a separate individual sweepstakes governed by these official rules.
2. ENTRY PERIOD: The overall Promotion begins at 12:00:00 AM Eastern Time (ET) on Monday
February 13, 2023 and ends at 11:59:00 PM ET on [Friday, February 17, 2023] (“Promotion
Period”). A Daily Sweepstakes shall be conducted each day of the Promotion Period.
Eastern Time shall control for all purposes of the Promotion. Sponsor’s clock shall be the
official timekeeper for the Promotion. Each Daily Sweepstakes is governed by these Official
Rules and is subject to all applicable U.S. Federal, State, and Local laws, and is void where
prohibited.
3. ELIGIBILITY: Each Daily Sweepstakes is open to those individuals who are U.S. citizens and
legal residents at least 18 years of age at the time of entry. Proof of eligibility may be
required. Daily Sweepstakes are NOT open to any of the following: (i) current employees,
officers, or directors of Sponsor or any of its affiliates or (ii) any of such persons’ immediate
family members (spouse, parents, children, siblings or grandchildren), other family members
(spouses of siblings, children and grandchildren) and members of the same household
(whether related or not).
4. ENTRY: Each Daily Sweepstakes consists of a random drawing associated with each day of
the Promotion Period (each, a “Sweepstakes Day”). Each Sweepstakes Day, Sponsor will
announce that Sweepstakes Day’s prize and “secret word” during Sponsor’s Wake Up with
Cheddar program broadcast on its Cheddar News network. Along with the “secret word,”
Sponsor will display a QR code and announce a URL, each of which will take any eligible
entrant (“Entrant”) to the online entry form of the Promotion website. An Entrant may
enter the Sweepstakes Day’s drawing by visiting the Promotion website and submitting the
online entry form. All entry forms must be filled out completely and truthfully. Failure to
complete the entry form and provide truthful and pertinent information may result in
disqualification from the Daily Sweepstakes. Disqualification is in the sole discretion of
Sponsor. Upon submitting the entry form, an Entrant will receive one (1) entry into the
drawing for that Sweepstakes Day (an “Entry”). Limit of one (1) Entry by an Entrant for each
Sweepstakes Day. Entries by the same individual more than the limit stated herein will be
disqualified. Entering or attempting to enter the Promotion multiple times in one
Sweepstakes Day though the use of any robotic or automated devices to submit Entries is
prohibited and all such Entries will be deemed void and disqualified. All Entries become the
property of Sponsor upon receipt and will not be acknowledged or returned. Entrants are
prohibited from submitting in the registration form any content that is defamatory,
obscene, inappropriate, or contains content owned by a third party and any such Entry will
be disqualified. Information collected as part of the Promotion is subject to Sponsor’s
Privacy Policy. Without limiting anything in such Privacy Policy, by submitting an Entry,
Entrant further agrees that (i) Sponsor may provide information collected by it as part of
the Entry process (including without limitation Entrant’s name, street address and email)
to the third parties providing the Prizes for the Promotion (“Partners”), and (ii) Partners
may use such information to (a) arrange for fulfillment of Prizes with each winner, and (b)
send Entrant promotional communications regarding Partners’ products or services.
5. SELECTION OF WINNERS: Within three (3) business days of each Sweepstakes Day, Sponsor
will select one (1) potential winner selected in a random drawing from among all eligible
Entries received on the associated Sweepstakes Day. A potential winner becomes a
“winner” only after verification of eligibility by Sponsor. Winners will be notified via email by
Sponsor to claim their prize. Only one winning Entry per Entrant will be selected regardless
of how many Entries were submitted on behalf of the Entrant. Decisions about the winner
are final and binding in all matters relating to the drawing.
6. PRIZES: Each Sweepstakes Day, Sponsor will announce that Sweepstakes Day’s prize during
Sponsor’s Wake Up with Cheddar program broadcast on its Cheddar News network. Each
winner will receive the Prize associated with its Sweepstakes Day. The Approximate Retail
Value (ARV) of Prizes will be set forth on the Promotion’s website. Prizes have no cash value
and may not be exchanged for cash or credit. Prizes are non-transferable and no
substitutions are allowed. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater
value if a Prize listed is unavailable.
7. NOTIFICATION: The Sponsor will attempt to notify the potential winners via the contact
information provided by the Entrants in the entry forms. A potential winner may be
required, in Sponsor’s discretion, to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release of
Liability and Publicity Release (collectively, the "Affidavit") to claim the Prize. In the event a
potential winner: (a) cannot be reached for whatever after a reasonable effort has been
exerted or does not respond to Sponsor’s notification within a reasonable time or an
Affidavit is not timely returned; (b) declines or cannot accept, receive or use the Prize for
any reason; (c) is found to be ineligible to enter the Daily Sweepstakes or receive the Prize;
(d) cannot or does not comply with the Official Rules, or (e) fails to fulfill the Affidavit-
related obligations, the potential winner may be disqualified from the Promotion and an
alternate potential winner may be selected, at Sponsor's sole discretion, from among the
other eligible Entries received. If a Prize is unclaimed by a winner for any reason, Sponsor
will have no obligation to award compensation in lieu thereof and Sponsor will have no
further obligation to the winner.
8. PUBLICITY AND RELEASE: By entering a Daily Sweepstakes, unless prohibited by law, each
Entrant consents to Sponsor and any of its designees using and/or publishing (a) the
Entrant’s name, photo, likeness, and voice, (b) testimonials, opinions, statements made by
the Entrant regarding the Promotion or Sponsor, and/or (c) other information submitted as
part of the Entry, including any photos, worldwide and in perpetuity for any and all purposes
including but not limited to, advertising, trade and/or promotion on behalf of Sponsor, in
any form of media, now known or hereafter devised, including, but not limited to, print, TV,
radio, electronic, cable, or Internet, each without further limitation, restriction,
compensation, consideration, notice, review or approval. Entrant may be required to
provide a signed release acknowledging such consent. Furthermore, by entering, all
participants and/or entrants agree to release Sponsor and Partner from and against all
claims and damages arising in connection with each entrant’s participation and/or entry in
the Promotion and/or his/her receipt or use of any element of the Prize awarded in this
Promotion including any injury or harm resulting from any use of the Prize related thereto.
9. DISPUTES/LIABILITY: EACH ENTRANT AGREES THAT THIS PROMOTION SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND: (A) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND
CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR ANY
PRIZE AWARDED SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF
CLASS ACTION, AND EXCLUSIVELY BY STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS SITUATED IN NEW YORK,
(B) ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-
OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED, BUT IN NO EVENT ATTORNEYS' FEES, (C) NO PUNITIVE,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES, MAY BE AWARDED, AND (D)
ENTRANT HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO CLAIM SPECIAL DAMAGES AND ALL RIGHTS TO
HAVE SUCH DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR INCREASED.
10. GENERAL: By entering a Daily Sweepstakes, the Entrant represents and warrants that
he/she will: (1) fully comply with these Official Rules and all applicable law, and (2)
indemnify and hold the Sponsor and its affiliates, and each of their respective employees,
agents and representatives (the “Sponsor Parties”) harmless from and against any loss,
liability, claim, demand, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees,
(“Loss”) arising out of or relating to any violation of these Official Rules, any applicable laws,
or any rights of any third party by the Entrant. The Sponsor Parties are not responsible for
late or incomplete Entries or for technical failures of any kind that may limit the ability to
participate, or by any human error which may occur in the processing of the Entries in the
Promotion. If for any reason one or more Daily Sweepstakes is not capable of being
conducted as described in these Official Rules, the Sponsor shall have the right, at its sole
discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the applicable Daily Sweepstake(s).
Sponsor is not responsible if any Prize cannot be awarded due to delivery cancellations,
delays or other interruptions due to acts of God, acts of war, natural disasters, weather, acts
of terrorism or any other similar event beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control. By accepting a
Prize, each winner acknowledges and agrees that (a) the winner will be responsible for any
applicable taxes and may receive an IRS 1099 form for the value of the Prize, and (b) the
winner will absolve, defend and indemnify the Sponsor Parties from any and all third party
Losses resulting from winner’s receipt of, handling of and/or use of the Prize. Each Prize
must be accepted as awarded and each Prize is awarded "AS IS" with no warranty,
representation, or guarantee, express or implied. The depiction of the Prize in any
advertising or promotional materials may not be identical to the one awarded to a winner.
All expenses and costs associated with a Prize not expressly stated as part of the Prize
package described above are the responsibility solely of the winner of that Prize.
11. Winners List: A winners list may be obtained by sending a self-addressed envelope, with
request for said list, to: Cheddar News, 1 State Street, Floor 26, New York, NY 10004, Attn:
Marketing Department/Promotions.
